Loving October

Win-Some Women - Mom's Retreat
On October 18, my sister Bonnie drove from Erie, PA to pick me up and continue on the adventure to our parents'. (In the meantime, my mom also celebrated her birthday! Happy 83rd!) We "girls" traveled on to Mackinaw City, then took the ferry (one of my favorite parts! I love fresh air and the wind in my face!) over to Mackinac Island for the Win-Some Women Retreat, where we enjoyed speakers Jennifer O'Neil and Don and Eva Piper, and singer Kathy Troccoli. The music and lessons and good times have remained in my heart.

More Music
I am glad to have joined choir this year, of course, to meet the people there, and for the discipline of continual praise. My prayers can be so full of need. Thankfulness may come with consciousness of goodness. But I need to be more intentional and take time to purely praise God.


Putting the Garden to Bed
John and I found a piece of a sunny crisp October day to put our lovely little garden to bed. John did most of the work (mowing and vacuuming leaves, etc.), as usual. But I sprinkled and dug in a last layer of Organica-3, Cow manure compost, and Shrimp and seafood compost before he covered it with grass clippings and dried leaves for the winter. It looks peaceful. When we recently saw George, our garden mentor at English Gardens, we said "So long for a while."